#StrangePlanet: Travel Trivia

Here are seven travel factoids to help prove it:

Wild eats: At the all-you-can-eat Carnivore Restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa, diners feast on wild game such as ostrich and antelope served on converted Maasai spears.

Root for art: Since 1897, Mexico’s Night of the Radishes Festival (celebrated annually on December 23, notably in Oaxaca) has featured specimens up to 6.5 pounds each, carved into wildly imaginative sculptures of animals, religious figures, and royalty.

Space available: Touted as the world’s largest shopping center (seven million square feet), the New South China Mall, in Dongguan, China, has remained 99 percent unoccupied since opening in 2005.

Fit to be tied: Men’s neckties are thought to have evolved from the jaunty red scarves worn by Croatian mercenaries during the 17th century’s Thirty Years’ War.